élan

English translation: impetus / momentum

07:48 Mar 2, 2018
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
French term or phrase: élan
"le changement est moins le fait des initiatives de quelques-uns que de l’élan du plus grand
nombre." Thrust, impulse, drive, energy, etc. etc. None of these translations seems quite right; Can anyone suggest a better alternative? --The sentence is from a book on historiography and is intended for general readers and historians.
Rendall, Steven
English translation:impetus / momentum
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élan
impetus / momentum


Explanation:
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elan
momentum


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Reference: Larousse Advanced French/English Dictionary

Maybe.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
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elan
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Might work here.

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